Porter trade secrets

gredoo · #1 09-06-2018, 10:00 AM

How much do you make on average per hour?
What is the average price paid per port?
Should I join a porting guild?
Does this work like taxis where you are supposed to wait your turn or can I compete in the free market offering lower prices than the competition?
Wheres the best place to port?
Am I better camping at a hot spot doing quick rides or should I am for the long hauls (like taxis).

Trying to decide if the weekend of lost farming while I PL a druid is worth it.

Wonkie · #2 09-06-2018, 10:24 AM

/ooc trading my dignity for platinum, who wants to ride me?

Ella`Ella · #3 09-06-2018, 10:33 AM

with a Z heart, White Dragon Scale Boots, Pre-Nerf Fungi Staff, Wiz Epic, and a Manastone and you can make some pretty good coin porting people around.

gredoo · #4 09-06-2018, 10:35 AM

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/ooc trading my dignity for platinum, who wants to ride me?

Bro I used yaulp to get out of guk bot because I couldn't move due to all the fine steel. Having some dignity is the least of my concerns.

After seeing: https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...d.php?t=277707 I'm interested in this as a fall back plan if I don't get the answers to the hard hitting questions in this thread.

gredoo · #5 09-06-2018, 10:38 AM

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with a Z heart, White Dragon Scale Boots, Pre-Nerf Fungi Staff, Wiz Epic, and a Manastone and you can make some pretty good coin porting people around.

Hummm that's a pricey upstart cost. I guess most taxi drivers don't own their own medallions. What will you charge to rent these items?

Moerne · #6 09-06-2018, 11:36 AM

I leveled up my druid guilded with DaP for the most part, so these are somewhat informed responses:

How much do you make on average per hour? It really depends. If it's a busy time, I could usually do almost 500p an hour. Slow times closer to 100p

What is the average price paid per port? If they are higher level (50-6), I usually see about 50p. Lower levels it varies a lot, but probably averages around 20.

Should I join a porting guild? If your goal is to make port cash, yes. Dial gets most of the "look up a porter" business, otherwise you have to try to go out and find the clients yourself.

Does this work like taxis where you are supposed to wait your turn or can I compete in the free market offering lower prices than the competition? Most druids don't advertise a price per se, but it definitely a free market. No "lines" that I know of.

Wheres the best place to port? Probably either hammer hill in OT or maybe east commons tunnel for independents. Can get a few people at west commons ring too.

Am I better camping at a hot spot doing quick rides or should I am for the long hauls (like taxis). Long hauls (like running somewhere to do a pickup) are risky. Often you get there only to find the client has taken another ride, or their promise of a big tip is no where near reasonable for making the run. I wouldn't usually do them, unless it was really slow, there was a corpse run involved, or it was someone I knew.

gredoo · #7 09-06-2018, 11:54 AM

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How much do you make on average per hour? It really depends. If it's a busy time, I could usually do almost 500p an hour. Slow times closer to 100p

Rough that's not so great. I guess if i'm half afk it's better than making zero. Not great though.

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Should I join a porting guild? If your goal is to make port cash, yes. Dial gets most of the "look up a porter" business, otherwise you have to try to go out and find the clients yourself.

So I really just need to include dial in my name so /who all dial shows up. I suppose I lose the advantage of going /anon if I am totally afk and can't service people.

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Most druids don't advertise a price per se, but it definitely a free market. No "lines" that I know of.
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See based on your 50pp price point I could advertise 40pp and under cut the competition if there are lots of druids at a hot spot like OT.

This is helpful. My main concern about going at this on my own is a 'accident' happening to me. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

gredoo · #8 09-06-2018, 11:57 AM

Maybe following skarlorn's advice and doing a Seafury hustle is a safer and more profitable route. 2k a hour is nothing to sneeze at if 500pp a hour is a 'good' return.

d3r14k · #9 09-06-2018, 12:27 PM

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